Julie Powell is a photographer, writer and educator, offers unique photographic opportunities and inspirational ideas to help YOU become the photographer you wish to be.
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Learning is an essential aspect of human development that should continue throughout our lives. While many people believe that age is a significant barrier to learning, research has shown that we are never too old to learn. Whether it is acquiring new skills or knowledge, there are numerous benefits of continuing to learn, regardless of our age.
It’s important to believe in your photography skills, but to never stop improving. There are always new skills to learn and acquire. New mentors to learn from and be inspired by.
After what seemed like ages, so many postponements, we finally managed to run the 1950’s Rock n Roll Dance Party Workshop.
Three ways to improve your photography with the help of your dog, yes your dog! With a little help from a man's best friend.
Trying to get noticed on Social media is harder than ever, right? Stopping the scroll requires grabbing everyone’s attention. Good news Adobe Spark is a great way to make posts, but also terrific slideshows from videos and photos. Quick and simple, and there are loads of templates.
In this article, we take a look at exposure compensation on digital cameras and how you can take advantage of it to make adjustments when shooting in-camera modes like aperture priority.
Let's look at how focal lengths affect your subjects and the background of your images. What is lens compression? This is the when you use a telephoto lens and things in the background of the image will appear larger and closer to the foreground.
Still life photography is not just about sticking a flower in a vase and taking a photo of it — it requires a little more planning and studying than that. Still life has been around for a very long time, and sometimes we can learn from that.
I recently taught a still life class as a guest speaker and I had a conversation with several of the students about not being too judgmental on their own work. Which reminded me about a very valuable lesson I have learnt, give yourself permission to fail…
